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(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 1. M. E. BEASLEY &-)S. L. WIEGAND. MACHINE FOR PASTING 8110B UPPERS.

Patented May 16, 1.882. I

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M. E.'BEASLEY & s. L. WIEGAND. MACHINE FOR PASTING SHOE UPPERS. No 258,004. r

Patented May16, 1882..

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Patented May 16,1882.

MACHINE FOR PASTING SHOE UPPERS.

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E. BEASLEY 8: S. L. 'WIEGAN D. MACHINE FOR PASTING SHOE UPPERS.

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' MARIA E. BEAsLEY AND s. LLOYD wIEeANmor PHILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA; SAID WIEGAND ASSIGNOR TO sAID BEA-sLEY.

MACHINE FOR PASTING SHOE-UPPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 258,004, dated May 16, 1882.

Application filed September 30, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MARIA E. BEAsLEY and S. LLOYD WIEGAND, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have jointly invented a new and useful Machine for Pasting Together the Parts of Shoe-Uppers Preparatory to Sewing and Lasting Them; and we do hereby declare the following to be a sufficiently full, clear, and exact description thereof to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of this invention consists in a series of forms, blocks, or molds upon which the parts are placed as they serially pass before clamping, pasting, and smoothing devices, and gripper and frames which, by devices similar to the register points and gages used in printing, place the several parts in exact position, and thusinsure the exact and rapid assembling of the several parts forming the shoeupper, as hereinafter fully shown.

Figure l of the drawings shows a plan of the machine; Fig. 2, a front elevation; Fig. 3, a side elevation; Fig. 4, a vertical section in the plane indicated by the line or x inFig. 1; Fig. 5, a section in the plane indicated by the dotted line y y in Fig. 1; Fig. 6, a section in the plane indicated by the dotted lines a in Fig. 1; Fig.

7 an elevation partially in section of the pastin gfountain and brush, and scrapers connected therewith, the paste-fountain drawn on enlarged scale. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 show projec tions in plan, front, and side elevation, in which the several mechanisms are differently assembled, and the remaining figures show the several parts in detail on enlarged scale.

The same letters of reference apply to the same parts in the several figures.

A representsthe frame of the machine; B, a large horizontal circular table rotating with a shaft, B, and supported by a large bearing, B fitting around an enlargement or boss, B formed on the under side of the table B. In the upper face of the table B are formed equidistantradial slots B in shape like an inverted capital block-letter T. These slots should be made accurately of the same dimensions, so as to fit correspondingly-shaped slides (marked 0) attached to the under side of the molds or forms 0. The forms 0 are the shape of the interior of a shoe or gaiter upper before the same is lasted and as spread open far enough to place all of the parts involved in the seam uniting the vamp to the quarters or sides in convex form, and are made perforated or of porous material at the parts near the seam in order to expedite the drying of the paste. The inverted-T shaped slides G are made to fit accurately in the slots B in the table B, so as to slide freely therein, but not to shake or vibrate laterally. In each of the forms G is a hole, 0 made perpendicularly in the center near the heel end of the form, and should be made accurately of the same diameter and at the same distance from the heel in all of the forms used upon the same machine for the same size and pattern of shoe-upper.

Through the table B, at equal distances from the center and centrally in each of the slots B are fitted a series of vertically-sliding bolts, B These bolts B are guided at their lower ends by passing through holes in a plate or wheel, B, securely fastened upon the shaft B, and are raised by means of spiral springs B,

which rest at their lower ends on the plate B ,with their upper ends pressed against trammels or clamps B secured upon the bolts B The trammels B each bear a roller, B adapted to pass under an inclined planeor stationary cam, B by which at the proper time they are depressed. The bolts B are prevented from turning and so caused to present the rollers B properly to the action of the cam B by projections B,formed on the trammels B sliding in grooves B formed in the shaft B, parallel with the axis thereof. When held up by the springs B the bolts B engage in the holes 0 in the form 0 and hold them in position in the table B. When depressed by the cam B they are disengaged from the forms 0 and permit the forms 0 to be disengaged from the table B by the slides O sliding outwardin the radial grooves or slots 13*. A series of springs, B shaped like an inverted capital letter U, are secured by one end near. the center of the table B, and have theirfree ends resting against hold the forms G in position.

2 eaaooa the parts of the form 0 directly below the heel of the uppers, and are so set and adjusted as to project the forms 0 from the table B when the bolts B are retracted or depressed by the operation of the cam 13 The adjustment of the cam B rollers 13, bolts B and springs 13 in relation to the plates B and table B is such that as the tableB is turned each bolt is successively retracted so as to clearthe form 0 upon which the operation of pasting and clamping has been completed, and the spring 13 discharges that form from the table B upon a carrying or conveying table, D, which turns slowly upon an upright axis and receives the several forms with their uppers upon them, and holds them while the drying and absorption of moisture proc eed sufficiently to permit of the separation of the form 0 and the clamps G, hereinafter described, from the uppers. An endless apron orbelt may be substituted for the wheel D.

' Upon the periphery ofthetable B are formed cog-teeth, in number equal to amultiple of the number of the slots 13*, into which gears an idle or transmitting wheel, propelling another wheel, F, of such number of teeth as to be evenly divided. by the same multiple as the number of teeth in the wheel B. Upon the upper end of the same vertical shaft, F, as the wheel F, and turning therewith, is atable, F Upon this table is secured a series of springs, F which are arranged in sets ofthree or more, (four are preferable,) and serve to receive and The forms G are made ofmetal and of the shape ofthe vamp or front portion of the shoe-upper, and are provided with cars or projections G, which, resting upon the shoulders F of the springs F hold the forms G in position, and also, engagingin springs C on the form 0, serve to hold and clamp the forms G and 0 together, and hold the vamp and quarters when placed in and on them, in the manner hereinafter described, during the operation of drying.

Upon the forms G are placed registering gages or pins G which serve to guide the leather Vamps G3 and determine their position with precision in the form G. The gages or pins G are attached by springs G, (shown in dotted lines in Fig.17,) which, yielding, permit the pins G2 to recede when the vamps are applied to the quarters of the upper, as will hereinafter appear. 7

The rotary motion of the tables B and F is intermittent and derived from a cam, H, engaging in notches of peculiar form in the rim of the plate B and is transmitted from the teeth on the rim of the table B through the wheel E to the wheel F. Theoperation of the cam H (shown in Fig.18) in the wheel or plate B is like that of the device known to clock and watch makers as the Geneva stop-motion. with a shaft, H, turned by a beveled cog-wheel driven by a beveled pinion, H 011 a shaft, H provided with the usual fast and loose pulleys, H and H adapted to receive power from an The cam H is mounted upon and turns.

endless band or belt. The connection between the pinion H and the shaft H is effected by a clutch, H, so beveled as to tend to unclutch, and is held in connection by a pair of togglelevcrs, H which is held in a straight position for engaging by a spring-latch, H and can be re-engaged after having been liberated by pressure upon the pedal H.

Upon the shaft H is mounted, so as to slide upon and turn with the shaft, a wheel, H having a rim of leather, which may be pressed against the side of the beveled wheel H opposite to the pinion H on a smooth rim above the teeth by means of a treadle, H and is automatically retracted by the weighted arm H. This wheel enables theoperator at pleasure to turn the machine backward when the pinionH isdisengaged. Astencil,J,mounted adjustably upon an arm,J, so as to rise and fall by the action ofacam, J on the shaft H, covers the part of the upper upon a form, C, exposing onlysuch portions as are toreceive paste. The adjustment of the cam J is such as to raise and hold the stencil J clearof the form during the rotary motion of the table B.

Contiguous to the frontof the form covered by the stencil J are placed two paste-fountains, K, with scrapers and brushescombined, which parts are shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 7. The fountains are upright vessels K, having inclined wings or vanes fastened on their inside, and a rotating vertical shaft, K provided with vanes K inclined in an opposite direction from the vanes K. The direction of the motion of the shaftK and vanes K is such that the paste by their combined action is kept thoroughly stirred and pressed downward. The rotary motion of the shaft K is imparted by an easily-detachable clutch -or coupler, K, from the upright shafts K propelled by pulleys K and endless cords K receiving motion from the pulley K on the shaft H. A spout or arm, K extends from each to the paste-fountain, and is made flexible, so as to rise and fall to a limited extent, and at the IIO end terminates in an upright chamber or cylinder, K. from the bottom of which protrudes a brush, K, having a center formed of bristles K ,between which paste is forced, and around which bristles are placed steel scrapers K inclosed in a sheath of india-rubber, K. The scrapers roughen the exposed part of the leather and insure the penetration of the paste, and the india-rubber covering or sheath prevents the paste splashing and wasting between the scrapers. the shatts K by means of-cords and pulleys.

The fountains K and arms K with their connected brushes and scrapers turn about the axis of the shaft K so as to apply paste to the exposed portions of the lining and quarters that protrude through the stencil J, such motion being derived from the cams K and K on the shaft H. The paste-fountains K are-attached by thumb-screws to the frame,-and are readily removed and attached, so'as to be easily cleaned.

2581064. Q I i s i The molds or'formsG,bearingvamps, are

transferred from the table F 'bya pair of elastic arms,L,turning with a rock-shaft, L,while the tables are stationary. The motion of the rock-shaft L is derived from the pinion L driven by a; sector, L moved bya cam,'L on the shaft H. The pinion L is notrigidly secured tothe rock-shaft L butit is connected by a clutch, L having teeth beveled in both directions. ened to the rock-shaft L, and the other mem ber fastened to or formed on the side of the pin ion L against which it is pressed by a spring,

L of sufficient tension to overcome "all normal resistances in transferring the form G and vamp to the form 0 and the quarters. When, through accidents, any undue resistance is encountered, the pinion L bearing against the bearing L turns without turningthe rockshaft L, but, instead, causes it to move endwise, and by means of a lever, L ,liberates the spring H and releases the toggles H unc'lutches the driving-pinion, and stops the machine. When the vamp is applied to the quarters the guides or pins G being supported by the springs G yield and recede so as to permit close contact of vamps and quarters, and the form G clamps them firmly together by engaging the projections G' in the springs O on the forms (J.

In the modified form of the machine, as shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10, instead of the circular table B an endless band, Q, formed of plates hinged together in the manner of the traveling platform of a railway horse-car, is used to convey the forms 0, and the intermittent cam-motion for progressively moving it is applied to the reels or cylinders upon which it returns.

' The operation of the machine is as follows: The quarters and innerlining, having been previously sewed and turned, are placed in the forms (3 and successively placed in the machine with the slides C of the forms in the slots B of the table B. The bolts B engagin g in the holes 0 in the form 0, successively pass by the intermittent motion of the table B to the stencils J and pasting devices, where they receive a coat of paste on the parts exposed, and at the next step receive from the arms L a form, Gr, containing a vamp, which form G clasps by its projections G upon the springs (For the form C, in which it is securely held. Upon farther rotation of the table B the bolts B are retracted, and the forms con tainin g the parts pasted in exactly registered position are discharged by the springs B upon the table D. A counteror register may be added to record the work done by the machine, and also a second counter to record the number of times that the clutch H is liberated, so as to determine the amount of work produced by the machine.

Having described our invention and the mode of operating the same, we claim as new and useful therein and as original of our invention-- 1. A machine for pasting the parts of shoe- This clutch has one member fastuppers together, embracing the following devices in combinationi a-series of forms for receivingand holding the upper, a paste fountain and brush, a cla'mpingdevice, and a discharging mechanism, all substantially as described; farrauged to operate substantially in the man-' bination, substantially as described, of pasting brushes with guards or stencils for restricting the spreading of paste or other cement, substantially as and for the purpose setforth. t 4. In a machine for pasting together the parts of shoe-uppers, the perforated forms, in I combination with clamps for holding the parts inposition while drying.

5. In a machine for pasting together the parts of shoe-uppers, the combination of the scraping device with apasting device, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a machine for uniting the parts of shoeuppers by pasting, the combination of a wheel for receiving and conveying the forms bearin g uppers with the pasting and clamping devices, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a machine for pasting the parts of shoeuppers together, the combination of a throwolf or diseu gaging device driven with the drivin g-shaft and the feeding and elampin g mechanisms, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a machine for pasting shoe-uppers together, the combination of a tempering or stirring'deviee, substantially as shown, with the paste-fountains, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a machine for pasting the parts of shoeuppers together, the combination of forms and clamps with the guiding and discharging mechanism, substantially as shown and described.

10. In a machinet'or pasting the parts of shoeuppers together, the combinationof guides and clamps, substantially as shown and described, for holding the vamps during the pasting operation.

11. In a machine for pasting the parts of shoeuppers together, the combination of an intermitten tly-moving table, adapted to receive the forms bearing the quarter-pieces, with a reciprocating flier adapted to convey and apply molds or clamps containing the vamps, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. In a machine for pasting together the parts of shoe-uppers, the combination of the intermittently-rotating mold or table adapted to receive vamps in clamps or molds and deliver them to a flier, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. In a maehinefor pasting the parts of shoeuppers together, the combination of the flier for applying the vamps with the stop-motion t to automatically stop the machine when the substantially as shown and described, and for vamp fails to apply properly to the quarters, as and for the purpose set forth.

14. In a machine for pasting the parts of shoeuppers together, the combination of the discharging mechanism with a registering mechanism, so as to register the uppers delivered, as and for the purpose set forth.

15. In a mechanism for pasting the parts of shoe-uppers together, the combination of two or more intermittently-movin g tables, substantially as set forth, adapted to convey forms bearing the parts of the uppers to a pasting and a clamping mechanism, as and for the purpose set forth.

16. The form C, provided with springs 0 the purpose set forth.

17. The clamps G, provided with registerpins G2 and springs G substantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.

MARIA E/BEASLEY. S. LLOYD WIEGAND.

Witnesses:

J. DANIEL EBY, LINN WHEELER. 

